goodwill accounting

Bargain Purchases: Causes, Timelines, and Accounting Treatment
Accounting

Bargain Purchases: Causes, Timelines, and Accounting Treatment

CFOs engaging in bargain purchases need to be aware of the unique accounting treatment associated with them.
By Walter O’ Haire and Jason Muraco | April 25, 2022
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Is Goodwill Accounting’s Future in the Past?
Corporate Finance

Is Goodwill Accounting’s Future in the Past?

Investors don't want to go back to an amortization model, but that's the way FASB is leaning.
By Vincent Ryan | December 15, 2021
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FASB Gives Private Companies Goodwill Accounting Break
GAAP and IFRS

FASB Gives Private Companies Goodwill Accounting Break

Assessments and tests for goodwill impairment can be left until the end of the reporting period.
By Vincent Ryan | March 31, 2021
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FASB Chair Jones Looks Ahead
Regulation

FASB Chair Jones Looks Ahead

Seven months in, Richard R. Jones gives his perspective on cryptocurrencies, climate risk disclosures, and possible goodwill accounting changes.
By Vincent Ryan | March 18, 2021
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FASB Turns Up the Heat on Goodwill Impairment Testing
M&A

FASB Turns Up the Heat on Goodwill Impairment Testing

The accounting standard setter's apparent lean toward allowing public companies to amortize goodwill ignores key analytical and economic consequences.
By David McCann | February 12, 2020
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